U.S. Route 231

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U.S. Numbered Highway north–south highway

U.S. Route 231 is a major north–south United States highway that runs through several states in the central and southeastern U.S., connecting rural areas and regional cities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
U.S. Route 231 canonical	6
U.S. Route 231 in Indiana	2
U.S. Route 231 in Spencer	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T636720 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U.S. Route 231
Context triple: [Bowling Green, Kentucky, isServedByHighway, U.S. Route 231]

A. U.S. Route 221
U.S. Route 221 is a north–south United States highway that runs through several southeastern states, connecting rural communities and regional centers.
B. U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 29 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Florida to Virginia, connecting numerous cities across the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States.
C. U.S. Route 59
U.S. Route 59 is a north–south United States highway that runs from the Mexico–U.S. border in Texas to the Canada–U.S. border in Minnesota, passing through several central states.
D. U.S. Route 278
U.S. Route 278 is a major east–west United States highway that runs from Arkansas through the Deep South to the Atlantic coast, connecting numerous cities and rural areas along its multi-state corridor.
E. U.S. Route 23
U.S. Route 23 is a major north–south U.S. highway running from Florida to Michigan, serving as a key regional transportation artery through several eastern and midwestern states.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: U.S. Route 231
Target entity description: U.S. Route 231 is a major north–south United States highway that runs through several states in the central and southeastern U.S., connecting rural areas and regional cities.

A. U.S. Route 221
U.S. Route 221 is a north–south United States highway that runs through several southeastern states, connecting rural communities and regional centers.
B. U.S. Route 29
U.S. Route 29 is a major north–south U.S. Highway running from Florida to Virginia, connecting numerous cities across the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States.
C. U.S. Route 59
U.S. Route 59 is a north–south United States highway that runs from the Mexico–U.S. border in Texas to the Canada–U.S. border in Minnesota, passing through several central states.
D. U.S. Route 278
U.S. Route 278 is a major east–west United States highway that runs from Arkansas through the Deep South to the Atlantic coast, connecting numerous cities and rural areas along its multi-state corridor.
E. U.S. Route 23
U.S. Route 23 is a major north–south U.S. highway running from Florida to Michigan, serving as a key regional transportation artery through several eastern and midwestern states.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Numbered Highway ⓘ north–south highway ⓘ
connects	regional cities ⓘ rural areas ⓘ
connectsTo	Interstate 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 59 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 65 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 85 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 31 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 41 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 431 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 90 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Alabama River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ohio River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee River NERFINISHED ⓘ
direction	north–south ⓘ
maintainedBy	state departments of transportation ⓘ
partOf	United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
passesThrough	Arab, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Birmingham, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Bowling Green, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Crawfordsville, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Dothan, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Fayetteville, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Huntsville, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Jasper, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Lafayette, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Montgomery, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Murfreesboro, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Nashville, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Oneonta, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Owensboro, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Panama City, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottsville, Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Shelbyville, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Troy, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States
runsThrough	Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Kentucky NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
terminusNorth	near Lafayette, Indiana ⓘ
terminusSouth	Panama City, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bowling Green, Kentucky → isServedByHighway → U.S. Route 231 ⓘ

St. Clair County, Alabama → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 231 ⓘ

Talladega County, Alabama → hasMajorHighway → U.S. Route 231 ⓘ

Huntsville, Alabama → servedBy → U.S. Route 231 ⓘ

U.S. Route 231 near Cottondale → partOf → U.S. Route 231 ⓘ

Panama City → transportHub → U.S. Route 231 ⓘ

subject surface form: Panama City, Florida

Indiana State Road 56 → hasJunctionWith → U.S. Route 231 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Route 231 in Indiana

Indiana State Road 46 → hasJunctionWith → U.S. Route 231 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Route 231 in Spencer

Indiana State Road 162 → connectsTo → U.S. Route 231 ⓘ